Checklist: Configuring the IAS server and wireless access points for wireless access
Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2
Checklist: Configuring the IAS server and wireless access points for wireless access
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Review RADIUS and IAS concepts. |
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Review IAS implementation best practices. |
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Review IAS security issues. |
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If you are using certificates to authenticate wireless clients, install a computer certificate on the IAS server computers. |
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Install IAS on the servers to be used as primary and backup IAS servers. |
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Configure the properties of the primary IAS server, including the ports used and event log settings. |
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Configure logging methods for user authentication and accounting requests. |
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Add the wireless access points as RADIUS clients on the primary IAS server. |
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Use the New Remote Access Policy Wizard to create a common policy for wireless access. |
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If you are using secure password authentication through Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (PEAP), also called PEAP-EAP-MS-CHAP v2, configure authentication methods for the remote access policy. |
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If you want client and server certificate authentication using Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (PEAP), also called PEAP-EAP-TLS, configure authentication methods for the remote access policy. |
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If you want client and server certificate authentication using PEAP-EAP-TLS, install a certificate on the wireless client from floppy disk, or deploy smart cards. |
Checklist: Installing a user certificate from floppy disk on a wireless client; Checklist: Deploying smart cards for logging on to Windows; PEAP; Network access authentication and certificates |
If you are using certificate authentication with EAP-TLS and initially installing a user certificate on your wireless clients over a wireless connection, enable guest authentication. |
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If you are using certificate authentication with EAP-TLS and initially installing a user certificate on your wireless clients over a wireless connection, create a group named Guests and add the Guest account as a member. |
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If you are using certificate authentication with EAP-TLS and initially installing a user certificate on your wireless clients over a wireless connection, use the New Remote Access Policy Wizard to create a custom policy for new wireless clients (clients that do not have user certificates). Set the NAS-Port-Type condition to Wireless-IEEE 802.11 and Wireless-Other, and the Windows-Groups condition to Guests. On the Dial-in Constraints tab of the profile, restrict the maximum session time to 10 minutes. On the Advanced tab of the profile, add the Tunnel-Type attribute with the value of Virtual LANs (VLAN), and then add the Tunnel-Pvt-Group-ID attribute with the VLAN ID value that corresponds to guest wireless clients. |
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Copy the IAS configuration from the primary IAS server to the backup IAS server. |
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Register the primary and backup IAS servers in the appropriate Active Directory domains. |
Enable the IAS server to read user accounts in Active Directory |
Verify the configuration of the wireless access points. Ensure that the RADIUS servers used for authentication and accounting for the wireless access point are the IAS server computers. |
Manufacturer's documentation |
Optional. Install a user certificate on wireless clients over a wireless connection. |
Checklist: Installing a user certificate on a wireless client over a wireless connection |
Optional. Install user certificates on wireless clients over an unauthenticated Ethernet connection. |
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Optional. Install user certificates from floppy disk on wireless clients. |
Checklist: Installing a user certificate from floppy disk on a wireless client |
For more information, see Wireless access and Outsourced wireless access.
Note
- You can configure IAS in Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition, with a maximum of 50 RADIUS clients and a maximum of 2 remote RADIUS server groups. You can define a RADIUS client using a fully qualified domain name or an IP address, but you cannot define groups of RADIUS clients by specifying an IP address range. If the fully qualified domain name of a RADIUS client resolves to multiple IP addresses, the IAS server uses the first IP address returned in the DNS query. With IAS in Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition, and Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition, you can configure an unlimited number of RADIUS clients and remote RADIUS server groups. In addition, you can configure RADIUS clients by specifying an IP address range.